141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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5159.0
Pertussis and Pneumonia Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Participants will obtain an understanding the effectiveness of using Census-tract demogographic information to predict rates of pertussis. Similarly, the best practices for reducing pertussis among infants and the prevalence of pediatric pneumonia in Israel will be discussed.
Session Objectives: Describe the effectiveness of using Census Tract-level demographic and socioeconomic variables to predict pertussis rates. Define best practices to reduce pertussis exposure among infants Identify the prevalence of pediatric occult pneumonia in Israel in 2010.
Moderator:
Sonja S. Hutchins, MD, MPH, DrPH

12:30pm
Introductory Remarks
12:38pm
Do census tract-level demographic and socioeconomic variables predict pertussis rates in New Mexico children less than 12 months of age?   
Karen Scherzinger, MS, David Selvage, MHS, PA-C and Joan Baumbach, MD, MS, MPH
     
12:56pm
Pertussis hospitalizations among Oregon infants, february 2009 – september 2012   
Juventila Liko, MD, MPH, Laura Reynolds, RN, BSN, MPH and Paul R. Cieslak, MD
1:14pm
Predictors of pertussis vaccination among children aged 19-35 months in the United States, 2010-2011   
Richard DeClue, MPH, PhD(c), Sarah Patrick, MPH, PhD and Jing Wang, PhD
     
  
1:32pm
Think global –act local: High pediatric occult pneumonia rates in Israel may suggest different guidelines for obtaining a chest x-ray than in the United States   
Jason Gruener, BA, Deena Rachel Zimmerman, MD, MPH and Nahum Kovalski, MDCM
     
1:50pm
Concluding Remarks

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